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Blaise Grimes-Viort is the VP of Social Media Services for Emoderation. Blaise started his career in community management in 2001 and has worked with global brands, start-ups and charities in fields such as social networking, pharmaceutical, broadcasting, publishing and ISPs. He blogs on community management and social media consultancy at blaisegv.com, and you can find him on Google+.

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How do international brands run a successful global social media campaign in different countries and regions who all speak different languages and have different cultural references? Blaise Grimes-Viort shares his insights.

As you most likely know, it was Community Manager Appreciation Day on January 27, and My Community Manager organised the second of their round-the-clock Google Hangout panels. I took part in the panel covering the challenges Community Managers face when managing international communities.

Google Plus recently overtook Twitter in terms of the number of active users. How? Google Plus has a number of killer features which are driving its growth and helping it steal precious attention away from the established social networks. Here's a look at several of them.